USPTO Examiner WANG RONGFA PHILIP - Art Unit 2199

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18738538SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED DECISION-MAKING AND SCHEDULINGJune 2024May 2025Allow1100NoNo
18675407SCALABLE CROSS-BOUNDARY EDGE FRAMEWORKMay 2024February 2025Allow900YesNo
18675395SCALABLE CROSS-BOUNDARY EDGE FRAMEWORKMay 2024January 2025Allow800YesNo
18675400SCALABLE CROSS-BOUNDARY EDGE FRAMEWORKMay 2024January 2025Allow800YesNo
18675380SCALABLE CROSS-BOUNDARY EDGE FRAMEWORKMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18675387SCALABLE CROSS-BOUNDARY EDGE FRAMEWORKMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18675416SCALABLE CROSS-BOUNDARY EDGE FRAMEWORKMay 2024January 2025Allow800YesNo
18670184CONTROLLED UPDATES OF CONTAINERS IN A DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENTMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18657840DEPLOYMENT OF A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTMay 2024March 2025Allow1000YesNo
18646516METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE CODE AS A PLUG-IN IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTApril 2024November 2024Allow700YesNo
18611041MICROSERVICE TERMINATION WHILE MAINTAINING HIGH AVAILABILITYMarch 2024September 2024Allow600NoNo
18424213BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE EDGE PROCESSINGJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18407101ORCHESTRATION OF DATACENTER CREATION ON A CLOUD PLATFORMJanuary 2024July 2024Allow700NoNo
18533780Mobile Application Development DeviceDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18501839EFFICIENTLY VECTORIZED IMPLEMENTATION OF OPERATIONS IN A GLOBAL GRID INDEXING LIBRARYNovember 2023July 2025Allow2000NoNo
18284752VECTORIZING A LOOPSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1600YesNo
18473520PROVIDING EXTERNAL ACCESS TO A PROCESSING PLATFORMSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800YesNo
18350785DEPLOYMENT OF A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTJuly 2023March 2024Allow800YesNo
18219114Firmware updating method and data storage device utilizing the sameJuly 2023March 2025Allow2100NoNo
18218600Firmware updating method and data storage device utilizing the sameJuly 2023March 2025Allow2100NoNo
18218707SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPROVING COMPUTER ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND COMPUTER PROCESSING BY IMPLEMENTING A PLUGGABLE CARBON EMISSION GATEWAYJuly 2023March 2025Allow2100NoNo
18215369SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED INTELLIGENT TESTING OF DESKTOP APPLICATIONS THROUGH MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2023February 2025Allow2000YesNo
18342348METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING SOFTWARE OF A CONTROL UNIT FOR AN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMJune 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18199261SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL COMMISSIONING OF BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMay 2023December 2023Allow700YesNo
18313908COMPOSABLE CONTEXT MENUSMay 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18131063SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A CODE DEBUGGER PLATFORM IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTApril 2023September 2024Allow1700YesNo
18129939DYNAMIC TEST CASE EXECUTION SCHEDULING MECHANISMApril 2023June 2025Allow2710YesNo
18194008VEHICLE APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM WITH PRE-DETERMINED FALLBACK DEPLOYMENTSMarch 2023November 2024Allow1900NoNo
18127719DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF EXECUTABLE CODE FOR MULTI-ARCHITECTURE HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTINGMarch 2023September 2024Allow1700YesNo
18192132Software Upgrade Management Method, Server, Terminal, Apparatus, and Storage MediumMarch 2023July 2023Allow400NoNo
18247227METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING GENE INFORMATION OF PROPRIETARY CLOUD CONTAINER CLUSTERMarch 2023February 2025Allow2210NoNo
18191454DEPLOYMENT OF CONTAINER IMAGES WITH SEPARATE ADD-ONSMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710YesNo
18189791PUSHING A FIRMWARE UPDATE PATCH TO A COMPUTING DEVICE VIA AN OUT-OF-BAND PATHMarch 2023February 2024Allow1110NoNo
18123124SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND TRANSMITTING VISUALIZED SOFTWARE CODE RELEASE AND DEPLOYMENT FUNCTIONS TO A MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENTMarch 2023September 2024Allow1800NoNo
18179439SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR CREATING ENTERPRISE SOFTWAREMarch 2023October 2023Allow800NoNo
18113897EFFICIENTLY REPLACING SOFTWARE BREAKPOINT INSTRUCTIONS IN PROCESSOR-BASED DEVICESFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1400NoNo
18114218Machine-Learning Assisted Natural Language Programming SystemFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18111969Mobile Application Development DeviceFebruary 2023November 2023Allow900NoNo
18109005METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS ASYNCHRONOUS CODE DEPLOYMENTFebruary 2023February 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18103262BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE EDGE PROCESSINGJanuary 2023September 2023Allow700YesNo
18160463METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE CODE AS A PLUG-IN IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1200NoNo
18018013UPDATING SOFTWARE ON A CONDITIONAL ACCESS MODULEJanuary 2023March 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18158235ORCHESTRATION FOR AUTOMATED PERFORMANCE TESTINGJanuary 2023June 2023Allow500NoNo
18156437SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING PERIPHERAL DEVICESJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2000YesNo
18097307REDUCING REGISTER PRESSUREJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1800NoNo
18154560SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1520NoNo
18095523INSTRUMENTATION-BASED DETECTION OF ACCIDENTAL ALGORITHMIC COMPLEXITY OF A PROCEDUREJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1700NoNo
18092698METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING USER STORIES VIA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1700NoNo
18146412DEVICE UPGRADE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022June 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18061153Test coverage for workflowsDecember 2022February 2025Allow2710YesNo
17986356METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION TEST MONITORING AND MANAGEMENTNovember 2022April 2024Allow1700NoNo
17985189DEPLOYMENT OF MANAGEMENT FEATURES USING CONTAINERIZED SERVICE ON MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND APPLICATION THEREOFNovember 2022April 2024Allow1700YesNo
17978528APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION SCHEDULINGNovember 2022January 2025Allow2720YesNo
17974910Merging Buffer Access Operations in a Coarse-grained Reconfigurable Computing SystemOctober 2022November 2024Allow2400YesNo
17974344OPTIMIZING SOURCE CODE USING CALLABLE UNIT MATCHINGOctober 2022January 2024Allow1500NoNo
17972116METHOD FOR DEBUGGING PROGRAM OF MANYCORE PARALLEL PROCESSOR BASED ON CODE EXECUTION AND APPARATUS USING THE SAMEOctober 2022April 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17960197NO-CODE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORMOctober 2022December 2024Allow2710YesNo
17929944STREAMLINING THE COMMISSION OF NETWORK IDENTIFIERSOctober 2022September 2023Allow1220YesNo
17936957IMAGE OPTIMIZATION FOR PIPELINE WORKLOADSSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2000NoNo
17953850SCALABLE CROSS-BOUNDARY EDGE FRAMEWORKSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1700YesNo
17948799SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GATEWAY POLICIES IN AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3220NoNo
17947683CONTINUOUS TESTING FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM TO CONTROL BREAKING CHANGESeptember 2022August 2024Allow2310YesNo
17945003MICROSERVICE TERMINATION WHILE MAINTAINING HIGH AVAILABILITYSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1500NoNo
17931361RESTRICTING ACCESS AND EDIT PERMISSIONS OF METADATASeptember 2022May 2023Allow810YesNo
17939750SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING TESTING OF AN APPLICATION PRIOR TO MAKING THE APPLICATION AVAILABLE FOR PRODUCTION DEPLOYMENTSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1700NoNo
17903763RUNNING A LEGACY APPLICATION ON A NON-LEGACY DEVICE WITH APPLICATION-SPECIFIC OPERATING PARAMETERS FOR BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITYSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810YesNo
17901071ACCELERATING STATIC PROGRAM ANALYSIS WITH ARTIFACT REUSESeptember 2022November 2023Allow1500YesNo
17823781SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED DECISION-MAKING AND SCHEDULINGAugust 2022March 2024Allow1800YesNo
17820062PROVIDING EXTERNAL ACCESS TO A PROCESSING PLATFORMAugust 2022June 2023Allow1000YesNo
17883280QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT PROTECTIONAugust 2022August 2023Allow1320NoNo
17879447SOFTWARE CODE VERIFICATION USING CALL GRAPHS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSAugust 2022December 2024Allow2820YesNo
17850583RULE CREATION FOR CODE ANALYSISJune 2022March 2024Allow2100NoNo
17839067Mobile Application Development DeviceJune 2022January 2023Allow700YesNo
17835556VIRTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL ENVIRONMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2022December 2023Allow1800YesNo
17804059SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MACHINE CODE FROM A MOCK APPLICATIONMay 2022March 2024Allow2200YesNo
17752883HIGHLY PARALLEL VIRTUALIZED GRAPHICS PROCESSORSMay 2022February 2024Allow2110YesNo
17745736DEBUGGING QUANTUM PROGRAMSMay 2022November 2022Allow600YesNo
17731138METHOD FOR DATA MIGRATION OF A POINTER ELEMENT IN THE COURSE OF DATA MIGRATION OF A PROGRAM STATE OF A CONTROL PROGRAM OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEMApril 2022February 2023Allow1000NoNo
17727654REDUCED INSTRUCTIONS TO GENERATE GLOBAL VARIABLE ADDRESSESApril 2022November 2022Allow700YesNo
17660055RESILIENCE TESTING USING A DECLARATIVE ENGINE FOR WORKLOADS (DEW)April 2022July 2023Allow1400NoNo
17659925DECLARATIVE ENGINE FOR WORKLOADSApril 2022April 2023Allow1220NoNo
17719786UPDATE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOFApril 2022May 2024Allow2510YesNo
17710458BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE EDGE PROCESSINGMarch 2022June 2022Allow200NoNo
17707861Retaining Dafny SpecificationsMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910NoNo
17764534HETEROGENEOUS EMBEDDED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TABULAR PROCESSING AND EXECUTION OF OPERATION FLOWMarch 2022February 2024Allow2300NoNo
17705099Programming a Coarse Grained Reconfigurable Array through Description of Data Flow GraphsMarch 2022May 2023Allow1400NoNo
17688990COMPOSABLE CONTEXT MENUSMarch 2022October 2022Allow700NoNo
17653318IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DOWNLOAD EXECUTION FEASIBILITY DETERMINATION METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2022August 2023Allow1700YesNo
17683324CLOUD STORAGE METHODS AND SYSTEMSFebruary 2022October 2022Allow800NoNo
17680622SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING TESTING OF NONFUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTSFebruary 2022September 2022Allow700NoNo
17679256INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION PROJECT CODE DEVELOPMENT GUIDANCE AND ANALYSISFebruary 2022October 2023Allow1900YesNo
17590994METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MACHINE LEARNING OPERATIONS IN PARALLEL ON MACHINE LEARNING HARDWAREFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2820NoNo
17589256VERSIONING AND CATALOGING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) SPECIFICATIONSJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1500NoNo
17586913METHOD OF TESTING A SYSTEM MODELJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1800NoNo
17588131ORCHESTRATION OF DATACENTER CREATION ON A CLOUD PLATFORMJanuary 2022August 2023Allow1900NoNo
17572661INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3130NoNo
17571136METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE NEXT STATE OF APPLICATION UPGRADES USING A DEVICE EMULATION SYSTEM OF A CUSTOMER ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2110NoNo
17570938AUGMENTED CIRCUIT BREAKER POLICYJanuary 2022May 2023Allow1600YesNo
17567714VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMEJanuary 2022November 2023Allow2210YesNo
17646369METHOD FOR VALIDATING SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS IN A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLESDecember 2021July 2023Allow1900NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WANG, RONGFA PHILIP.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
96.3%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 100.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner WANG, RONGFA PHILIP - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WANG, RONGFA PHILIP works in Art Unit 2199 and has examined 381 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.2%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 19 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WANG, RONGFA PHILIP's allowance rate of 94.2% places them in the 83% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by WANG, RONGFA PHILIP receive 0.76 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 7% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by WANG, RONGFA PHILIP is 19 months. This places the examiner in the 91% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WANG, RONGFA PHILIP. This interview benefit is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 38.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 27.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 33.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 12% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 14% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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